PCMA Convene

MARCH 14, 2017

“The industry still continues to focus on the room block and the room-block pick-up as the primary measure to value the event, even in light of general agreement that many attendees book outside the room block,” DMAI’s Christine “Shimo” Shimasaki, CDME, CMP, wrote in The Event Room Demand Study , produced by Tourism Economics in July 2015.

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PCMA Convene

FEBRUARY 28, 2018

Only 34 percent of respondents (down from 43 percent in the 2016 survey and 50 percent in the 2015 survey) indicated that they will be holding meetings outside the United States in the future. Contracting space — Total exhibition space shrank 20 percent compared to the average exposition footprint in last year’s survey.

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PCMA Convene

APRIL 2, 2017

A 2015 Tourism Economics study of 170-plus events revealed that more than 34 percent of rooms are being booked outside the contracted room block. Experient launched a partnership with Airbnb in 2015 designed to provide additional options in situations with high levels of compression.

2015 49

2015 Hotels Contracts Travel 49

QC Event School

JULY 7, 2023

When my husband and I were planning our wedding in 2015, I absolutely loved the planning process. During that time, I was still in college, so I decided to declare my major as Hospitality and Event Management. In fact, I now have that specifically added into my contract (that I do not do “clean up” at venues anymore).

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Social Media Events Hospitality Venues 98

PCMA Convene

JANUARY 3, 2017

The best day I’ve had in the meetings industry so far was in January 2015. Senior Meetings Planner National Contract Management Association Ashburn, Virginia, USA. I’m continuously learning from those around me, and I’m able to integrate new and emerging trends in the event-technology realm. NAIDA STRUYK, CMP.

2017 69

2017 Education Hospitality Meetings 69

QC Event School

JULY 7, 2023

When my husband and I were planning our wedding in 2015, I absolutely loved the planning process. During that time, I was still in college, so I decided to declare my major as Hospitality and Event Management. In fact, I now have that specifically added into my contract (that I do not do “clean up” at venues anymore).

Social Media 52

Social Media Events Hospitality Venues 52

Planner WIre

FEBRUARY 5, 2020

At i3 Events, we have been using PlanningPod since 2015 for many of our clients. With that said, event management software is really any software application that takes project management practices and processes and applies them to planning and producing events of any kind. Welcome to the EventTech 12 PlanningPod Edition.

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